Cliffhanger (film)

Cliffhanger
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRenny Harlin
Screenplay by
Story byMichael France
Based onA premise
by John Long
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAlex Thomson
Edited byFrank J. Urioste
Music byTrevor Jones
Production
companies
Distributed byTriStar Pictures
Release dates
  • May 20, 1993 (1993-05-20) (Cannes)
  • May 28, 1993 (1993-05-28) (United States)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$70 million[1]
Box office$255 million[1]

Cliffhanger is a 1993 American action thriller film[2] directed and co-produced by Renny Harlin and co-written by and starring Sylvester Stallone alongside John Lithgow, Michael Rooker and Janine Turner. Based on a concept by climber John Long, the film follows Gabe (Stallone), a mountain climber who becomes embroiled in a heist of a U.S. Treasury plane flying through the Rocky Mountains. The film premiered at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, and was released in the United States on May 28, 1993, by TriStar Pictures. It received positive reviews and earned $255 million worldwide, becoming the 7th highest-grossing film of 1993.

  1. ^ a b "Cliffhanger". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "Cliffhanger". AllMovie. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

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